Visceral leishmaniasis outbreaks in Bihar: community-level investigations in the context of elimination of kala-azar as a public health problem

Table 1 Locations in which visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outbreak investigations were conducted, Bihar, 2017–2019

District	Block	VL incidence, 2009–2011^a	Villages investigated	Village population
District	Block	VL incidence, 2009–2011^a	Villages investigated	Total N	VL cases^b
Endemic blocks			Villages in endemic blocks
Muzaffarpur	Paroo	6.19	Pandey	3258	11
Purnia	Banmanhki	6.76	Binowagram	2971	34
Purnia	Bhawanipur	4.29	Bhamath	1379	3
Purnia	Krityanand Nagar	6.36	Pansohi	209	9
Saharsa	Mahishi	6.65	Thanwar	1757	4
Saharsa	Nauhatta	4.25	Rasalpur	2380	15
Saran	Dariyapur	2.77	Jitwarpur	3044	25
Sitamarhi	Dumra	2.01	Chakka Majhauliya, Chakka Rasalpur, Panapur	545	31
Newly affected blocks			Villages in newly affected blocks
Nawada	Kashichak	0.05	Kashichak, Lal Bigha	2692	66
Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	0.90	Kosra	2435	74

^aMean annual VL incidence in cases per 10,000 population from 2009 to 2011. Data prior to 2009 not available at the block level
^bCumulative number of VL cases in the study population, 2012 to 2019

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